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...lift the closure of the West Bank and Gaza and allow Palestinians to return to jobs in Israel, but not until the violence stops. There are positive signs from the Palestinians that if Sharon takes a few confidence-building measures, that may help them climb down from the branch onto which they've hauled themselves. When Barak came to power, Arafat wanted tangible things, like the withdrawal of troops from some land and other small measures - he didn't want to have to go to Camp David and negotiate a final deal. And so with Sharon, too, Arafat...
...college experience is often perceived as a time to branch out, experience new walks of life and learn how things are done in other parts of the world...
...this has led to an abrupt reversal of the cutbacks of the early '90s, when buyouts and attrition from crumbling morale brought down staffing at the CIA more than 20%. But since 1996, there has been a concerted recruitment effort aimed at boosting numbers. The CIA's clandestine branch, the Directorate of Operations, is now believed to have more than 5,000 employees...
...titanium binoculars, phones and strollers. The metal encases the new IBM ThinkPad X Series and the Macintosh PowerBook G4, which besides making both look sleek is thought to protect against data loss, since titanium is almost nonmagnetic. Alas, Gehry may have moved on. Asked to build a new branch of the Guggenheim, he warned museum-board members not to "fix" themselves on titanium...
...achievement gap "has gotten progressively worse. The system has gotten progressively more arrogant," said Kathy A. Reddick, president of the Cambridge branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP...